In riva.lists.debian.boot, you wrote:
> How should we design the `debian-installer' build system?
>
> I think that it ought to be very granular, with a complex dependancy
> structure, so that changing one thing doesn't involve a long rebuild
> cycle before a testable image is generated. Makeing it work with the
> `-j' switch would be a Good Thing, and should also be a goal.
> Perhaps a non-recursive project Makefile(s) structure should be
> cooked up as well. (Have yous read "Recursive Make Considered
> Harmful"?)
I found the toplevel Makefile pretty annoying last time I was building
boot-floppies; it called itself recursively with a separate make
process, which tended to make make -n and make -j unusable.
Is Joey Hess' new installer system doing to do away with the current
source tree in its entirety?
Mk